Improved bed-bottom



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES BROMILEY, OF PAWTUOKET, RHODE ISLAND.

IMPROVED BED-BOTTOM.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 44,279, dated September 20, 1864.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES BROMILEY, of Pawtucket, in the county of Providence and State of Rhode Isla-nd, have invented a new and Improved Bed-Bottom; and I do hereby deel nre tha-t the ftl'owing is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable those skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specitication, in'which- Figure l is a plan or top view of my invention Fig. 2, a side sectional view ofthe same; Fig. 3, a perspective view of a clamp pertaining to the same 5 Fig. 4, a perspective View of a pair of hooks pertaining to the same.

Similar letters of-referenee indicate correspond-ing parts.

Thisinvention relates to a new and improved bed-bottom ot' thatI class which are composed of a series of parallel slats connected at their ends by elastic straps to the head and front r iils ofthe bcdstead.

The invention consists in a novel manner of attaching the elastic straps to the slats, and also in attaching said straps to the head and foot rails of the bedstead, whereby all nails, screws, and bolts are avoided, the slats and bands readily connected and disconnected, and also readily applied to the bedstead, and a greater or less number of slats used as circumstances may require.

A A represent the head and foot rails of a belstead, a a being the side rails.

B represents the slats of the bed-bottom constructed ot' any suitable wood and of any proper dimensions.

C are elastic straps constructed of indiarubber interwoven with webbing, so as to insure strength and durability. These straps a e double or of endless form, as shown in Fig. 2, and within each strap there is itted a pair of hooks, D D, which may be constructed out of a single rod, E, bent at each end,to form the hook, as shown clearly in Fig. 4. The rod E,

between the hooks, is within the strap C, and is about equal in length to the width of the strap, the hooks D being close to the sides of the strap, as shown in Fig. 1. The hooksD are tted over the head and foot rails of the bedstead, or a sub-rail, and secure the straps to the same. The slats B are connected to the straps O by means of metal clalnps F, which may be of malleable cast-iron and of rectangular form, the under sides 0f their upper parts havinga knife edge, b, and theirlower parts, c,being broad, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3. 'lhese clamps are tted one on each end of each slat B with a str ap inserted between the lower broad part, c, and the under side of the slat, (seeFig. 2,) and it will be seen that the greater the pull or strain to which the straps are subjected the more firmly will the ends of the straps .be grasped. The knife-edges b, at the upper parts ofthe clamps, prevent the latter from slipping on the slats, and the broad lower parts c extend rather back a vertical line, which intersects the knife-edge b, consequently a very simple and efcient fastening for securing the straps to the slats is obtained.

A greater or less number of slats may be used in a bed-bottom, as may be desired, as the slats may be placed at a greater or less distance apart.

No nails, screws, or bolts of any kind are required and the bed-bottom may be constructed at a small cost.

I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- A bed-bottom composed ot' slats B, connected at theirends to elastic straps C by means of clamps F,eonstructed and applied as shown, and the straps C, secured to the head and foot rails ot the bedstead by means of the hooks D, fitted in the straps, substantially as described.

JAMES BROMILEY.

Witnesses:

ROYAL LEE, ALLEN W. SIELEY. 

